
IASC Inter-agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the Typhoon Haiyan Response Prepared on behalf of the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation Steering Group October 2014 © 2014 United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Two United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017, USA http://www.humanitarianresponse.info/programme-cycle/space/evaluation The evaluation was conducted by Teresa Hanley, Rusty Binas, Julian Murray and Baltz Tribunalo from Valid International, and managed by Victoria Saiz-Omenaca from the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Funding for the evaluation was provided by UN-OCHA, UNICEF, WFP and FAO. The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent those of the members of the Inter Agency Standing Committee, Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation Steering Group, or of those institutions of the United Nations system that are mentioned herein. The designations and terminology employed and the presentation of material do not imply any expression of opinion whatsoever on the part of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or of its frontiers or boundaries. Photo: IRIN/Jason Gutierrez, November 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The IAHE team would like to thank the communities and all those who gave their time to share their experiences with the evaluation team in interviews and discussions. We appreciated people’s openness, patience with the questioning, and generosity throughout. The team is also grateful for the professional and good-natured support provided by the OCHA teams in New York, Manila, Tacloban, Guiuan and Iloilo, who provided considerable practical and logistical support in advance, during and after the evaluation visits, and ensured the smooth running of the evaluation process. CONTENTS Acknowledgements ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 Executive Summary ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������4 1. Introduction to the evaluation ............................................................................................................................................................................15 1.1 Background and purpose of the evaluation ............................................................................................................................15 1.2 Country Context ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................16 1.3 Emergence Response and Strategic Response Plan .................................................................................................16 2. Methodology ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................18 3. Results: Were the results articulated in the SRP achieved and what were both the positive and potentially negative outcomes for people affected by disaster? ............21 3.1 Strategic Response Objective One ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������21 3.2 Strategic Response Objective Two ................................................................................................................................................ 23 3.3 Strategic Response Objective Three ...........................................................................................................................................26 3.4 Strategic Response Objective Four ............................................................................................................................................29 3.5 Strategic Response Objective Five ..................................................................................................................................................31 3.6 Relevance ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 32 3.7 Timeliness of responses ................................................................................................................................................................................. 32 3.8 Key lessons and issues .................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 4. How well did the international response engage with and strengthen national and local systems, structures and actors for disaster RESPONSE? ........................................................38 4.1 Needs assessment and planning ........................................................................................................................................................38 4.2 Coordination and implementation of the international response ....................................................... 40 4.3 Factors which strengthened national systems .............................................................................................................44 4.4 The transition from emergency response to recovery ......................................................................................45 4.5 International response engagement with national civil society .............................................................46 4.6 Key lessons and issues ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 47 5. Coordination: Was the assistance well-coordinated, successfully avoiding duplication and filling gaps? What contextual factors help explain results or the lack thereof? ......................................................................................................................48 5.1 Coverage ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................48 5.2 Cross cutting issues ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 50 5.3 Collective management and leadership ................................................................................................................................54 5.4 Key Lessons and Issues ................................................................................................................................................................................. 55 6. To what extent were IASC core humanitarian programming principles and guidance applied? .............................................................................................................................................................................................56 6.1 Preparedness .................................................................................................................................................................................................................56 6.2 The Assessment Tools .....................................................................................................................................................................................56 6.3 The Planning tools ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 57 6.4 The Response Monitoring and Results Measurement tools ...........................................................................61 6.5 The Evaluation tools ...........................................................................................................................................................................................62 6.6 The impact of L3 status ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������62 7. Conclusions and recommendations ..........................................................................................65 List of Annexes Annex 1: Matrix of findings and recommendations (summary) �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 73 Annex 2: IAHE Terms of reference ...................................................................................................................................................................... 77 Annex 3: Detailed Methodology ............................................................................................................................................................................87 Annex 4: Evaluation matrix ...........................................................................................................................................................................................96
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